List of ice cores

This is a list of ice cores drilled for scientific purposes. Note that many of these locations are on moving ice sheets, and the latitude and longitude given is as of the date of drilling.

Africa CoreInstitution or projectCoordsAltitude (metres)Drill datesDepth (metres)SourcesLewis Glacier 1, KenyaUniversity of East Anglia488019756MacKinnon (1980), p. 41.Lewis Glacier 1, KenyaUniversity of East Anglia4880197711Lewis Glacier 1, KenyaIPSc. 4980197813MacKinnon (1980), pp. 17-18.Lewis Glacier 2, KenyaIPSc. 4980197812NIF1 (Northern Ice Field, Kilimandjaro, Tanzania)Ohio State Universityc. 5893200050.9NIF2 (Northern Ice Field, Kilimandjaro, Tanzania)Ohio State Universityc. 5893200050.8NIF3 (Northern Ice Field, Kilimandjaro, Tanzania)Ohio State Universityc. 5893200049.0FWG (Furtwängler Glacier, Kilimandjaro, Tanzania)Ohio State Universityc. 589320009.5SIF1 (Southern Ice Field, Kilimandjaro, Tanzania)Ohio State Universityc. 5893200018.5SIF2 (Southern Ice Field, Kilimandjaro, Tanzania)Ohio State Universityc. 5893200022.3

Antarctica CoreInstitution or projectCoordsAltitude (metres)Drill datesDepth (metres)SourcesMaudheimNBSAE381950-1951100MacKinnon (1980), p. 49.MirnySAE195767MirnySAEc. 2001957371MacKinnon (1980), pp. 49-50.Ueda & Talalay (2007), p. 3.Wilkes S-2IPS/AINA1139195761MacKinnon (1980), pp. 51-53.MirnySAE1958100ByrdSIPRE15431958308Langway (1974), p. 72.ByrdSIPRE1524195849Little America VSIPRE431958264Langway (2008), p. 114.Patton et al. (1965), p. 48.Little America VSIPRE42195818Byrd and Marie Byrd TraverseIPSvariousvarious1958-1959c. 10Byrd and Marie Byrd TraverseIPSvariousvarious1958-195920Pit 4AINA/University of Michiganc. 20195922Pit 5AINA/University of Michiganc. 25195919MirnySAE1960-1961Ueda & Talalay (2007), pp. 1, 6.Base Roi BaudoinEAB391961116MacKinnon (1980), pp. 44-45.Ski-Hi (Eights)IPS452196121Eight StationIPS4521961-196222C-SiteIPS1961-19628M796IPS2150196225Whitmore Mountains TraverseIPSvariousvarious1962-196310P64AEAB1500196410P64BEAB1500196410M185EAB3110196411M275EAB2860196412M370EAB2690196411PionerskayaEPF2740196410MacKinnon (1980), pp. 45-46.PionerskayaEPF274019647G1EPF861964-196698A3EPF2201964-1966106G2EPF1121964-1966106M415EAB2630196512M496EAB2680196510M620EAB3170196510MirnySAE1965-1966Ueda & Talalay (2007), pp. 7-8.M363EAB2510196610M455EAB2870196610PlateauIPS36241966-196771ByrdCRREL15241966-196735ByrdCRREL15241966-196735ByrdCRREL15431966–19682164Langway (2008), p. 107.Jouzel (2013), p. 2526.M248EAB3360196710ByrdCRREL15241967-196857ByrdCRREL15241967-1968335M500EAB3230196810M750EAB254019689Amery Ice Shelf G1ANAREc. c. 501968310MacKinnon (1980), pp. 43-53.Syowa to South Pole traverseJAREvariousc. 40 to 29121968-196910MacKinnon (1980), p. 48.Byrd StationUniversity of Bern15431969400Langway & Chiang (1976), p. 291.Cape Folger SGAANAREc. 3751969324Bentley & Koci (2007), p. 2.Law Dome SGDANAREc. 13901969385Bird (1974), p. 10.MirnySAEc. 10001969250Penta 3SAE/EPFc. 340019697Penta 4SAE/EPFc. c. 3125196911Penta 5SAE/EPFc. 3300196915ByrdCRREL15241969-197050ByrdCRREL15241969-197082ByrdCRREL15241969-1970354 Vostok 1, 1-bis, and 1-2bisSAE34881969-1973952Ueda & Talalay (2007), pp. 9-11.Vasiliev et al. (2007), p. 10,13.MizuhoJARE2230197020MizuhoJARE2230197142MizuhoJARE2230197175D100CNRS28101971-1972c. 12D120CNRS30101971-1972c. 1257 kmSAEc. c. 10001971-197251Ueda & Talalay (2007), p. 16.153 kmSAEc. c. 16001971-197257Vostok 2 and 2-bisSAE34881971-1976450Cape Poinsett SGJANAREc. 4001972112Casey B SGBANAREc. 575197273Casey SGPANAREc. 6001972113Casey S1ANAREc. 262197253D10CNRS270197244MizuhoJARE22301972148Dumont d'Urville to VostokEPF/SAEvariouscoast to 35001972-197317Dumont d'Urville to VostokEPF/SAEvariouscoast to 35001972-197325Ross Ice ShelfRISP/University of Copenhagenvariousc. 601973-197410Lambert Glacier GL1ANARE1148197410Enderby Land GL2ANARE1607197410Enderby Land GL3ANARE1808197410Enderby Land GL4ANARE2020197410Enderby Land GL5ANARE2000197410Enderby Land GL6ANARE1889197410Enderby Land GL7ANARE1556197410Enderby Land GL8ANARE1763197410Enderby Land GL9ANARE1710197410Enderby Land GL10ANARE1109197410Enderby Land GL11ANARE1462197410Law Dome SGFANARE3751974348South PolePICO90°00′S29121974101J-9RISP/PICO601974100Adelie Land D 10CNRS2701974304MizuhoJARE2230197410Byrd Flow LineIPSvariousvarious197410South PoleCNRS90°00′S29121974-197517MizuhoJARE22301974-1975145Detroit PlateauBAE18061974-197610MacKinnon (1980), pp. 46-47.Bruce PlateauBAE19371974-197610Peninsula Plateau CrestBAE17501974-197610Adelaide IslandBAE3771974-197610Stowington IslandBAE3801974-197610Gipps Ice RiseBAE2901974-197610Fleming GlacierBAE8701974-197610Peninsula Plateau CrestBAE21311974-197610Dolleman IslandBAE3961974-197610Murrish GlacierBAE10501974-197610Peninsula PlateauBAE19871974-197610Peninsula Plateau CrestBAE20101974-197610Peninsula Plateau CrestBAE20101974-197610Snow FieldBAE2901974-197610Elliot HillsBAE15471974-197610Thomson RockBAE9461974-197610Charcot IslandBAE5951974-197610Peninsula Plateau CrestBAE18861974-197610Monteverde PeninsulaBAE4881974-197610Peninsula Plateau CrestBAE17971974-197610Spoatz IslandBAE5391974-197610Peninsula Plateau CrestBAE20071974-197610Butler IslandBAE1301974-197610Peninsula PlateauBAE18351974-197610Graham LandBAE1974-19765Graham LandBAE1974-19765Rossini PointBAE16001974-197610Rossini PointBAE16001974-197610Horse PointBAE11001974-197610Horse PointBAE11001974-197610VostokSAE35001975105Ueda & Talalay (2007), p. 20.Novolazarev Shelf GlacierSAEc. 5001975374Bentley & Koci (2007), p. 3.Korotkevich (1978), pp. 3-4.Novolazarev ShelfSAE401975357Novolazarev ShelfSAE401975447Dome CSAE/EPF3240197510Dome CSAE/EPF3240197512Dailey IslandSAE/USARP19757Koettlitz GlacierSAE/USARP519758McMurdo Ice ShelfSAE/USARPc. 5019757McMurdo Ice ShelfSAE/USARPc. 5019756Enderby Land GE2 to GE9ANAREvariousvarious1976c. 8Dolleman Island398197611Peel (2004), p. 552.Peel et al. (1988), p. 131.J-9 BernPICO601976155Langway & Chiang (1977), p. 155.Langway & Herron (1977), p. 153.J-9PICO601976330C-7-2IPSc. 60197621C-7-3IPSc. 60197650C-7IPSc. 60197650Roosevelt Island DomeIPSc. 500197652Camp Norway 3NAE 1976–1977c. 5101976-197710Camp Norway 3NAE 1976–1977c. 5101976-197711Camp Norway 3NAE 1976–1977c. 5101976-197711Camp Norway 3NAE 1976–1977c. 5101976-197713Vostok-1SAE29401976-1979750Ueda & Talalay (2007), pp. 23-25.C-16PICOc. 601977100Q-13PICOc. 601977100Novolazarevskaya StationSAE15001977812Zagorodnov et al. (1998), p. 190.James Ross IslandArgentine AE1500197710Aristarain (1981), p. 372.Law Dome BHQANAREc. 9401977419Law Dome BHDANARE13901977473Peel et al. (2013), p. 247.Mirnyy-Dome C TraverseANARE/SAEvariousvarious197710Pionerskaya GMANARE/SAE197710GM10ANARE/SAE2977197710GM7ANARE/SAE2758197710GM13ANARE/SAE2961197710GM23ANARE/SAE3240197710MirnyyANARE/SAEc. 200197710VostokANARE/SAE3500197710Vostok 1ANARE/SAE2940197710KomsomolskayaANARE/SAEc. 3400197710MizuhoJARE2230197746J-9PICO601977171Dome C (I)CNRS32401977-1978905Erebus TongueDoE Canada/USARP1977-197811J-9SAE/USARP601978416Ross Ice Shelf301978416South PolePICO90°00′S29121978111Dome C (II)CNRS32401978-1979180Gillet et al. (1984), p. 73.Shackleton Ice ShelfSAEc. 301978/1979202Camp Norway 3NAE 1978–1979c. 5101978-197913Mirnyi Station3001979320South PolePICO90°00′S29121979-198044South PolePICO90°00′S29121979-198032VostokPICO35001979-1980104VostokPICO35001979-1980104VostokPICO35001979-1980100VostokPICO35001979-198060VostokPICO35001979-198025Adelie Land D571980-1981203South PolePICO90°00′S1980-1982237Litwak et al. (1984), pp. 43-44.Vostok 3G, 3G-1, and 3G-2SAE34881980-19852202Palmer Land/Gomez1130198131Palmer Land/Gomez1130198183James Ross Island16401981151Cape Folger BHC1c. 1981-1982301Cape Folger BHC2c. 1981-1982344Komsomolskaya34981983850Legrand & Mayewski (1997), p. 229.Ronne T340c. c. 201983-1984100Vostok 4G, 4G-1, and 4G-2SAE34881983-19892546Dominion Range27801984201Siple10541985302Thompson et al. (1994), p. 423.Dolleman Island398198611Dolleman Island398198632Dolleman IslandBAS3981986133Peel & Mulvaney (1992), p. 432.Law Dome DE08AAD12501987234Etheridge et al. (1992), p. 284.Emery Ice Shelf201987-1989252Dome B36001988780Dyer Plateau19401988–19892 x 108Thompson et al. (1994), p. 420.Dyer Plateau20021989–1990234 & 235Dyer Plateau1989–19902 x 50Vostok 5G and 5G-1SAE34881990-20073661Bentley & Koci (2007), p. 5.Berkner Island (North Dome)730199011Wagenbach et al. (1994), p. 310.Berkner Island (South Dome)940199011Dolleman IslandBAS3981992–199330Abram et al. (2007), p. 3.Pasteur et al. (1995), p. 170.Law DomeANARE13701988-19931196Morgan et al. (1997), p. 4.Taylor Dome1993-1994554Berkner Island (North Dome)AWI/BAS7181995151Mulvaney et al. (2002), p. 46.Berkner Island (South Dome)AWI/BAS8901995181Dome Fuji1995-19962504Siple Dome1996-19991004Bentley & Koci (2007), p. 4.Dome C DC1EPICA1996-1999781Dome C DC2EPICA1999-20043270DML B33EPICA31601998131Hofstede et al. (2004), p. 279.DML B32EPICA28821997150DML B31EPICA26691997115DML CVEPICA24001998120DML BAS depotEPICA21761998122DML Kohnen2000-20062774DML M150EPICA34572001160Berkner IslandBAS2002-2005948Dome Fuji2003-20073035Bruce PlateauIPY LARISSA19762010143Zagorodnov et al. (2012), p. 675.Bruce PlateauIPY LARISSA19762010448Goodwin et al. (2016), p. 2582.Goodwin et al. (2016), p. 2593.

Asia

Mainland and arctic islands CoreInstitution or projectCoordsAltitude (metres)Drill datesDepth (metres)SourcesShokalsky GlacierAARIc. 1000195730MacKinnon (1980), p. 40.Elbrus, CaucasusUSSR Academy of Sciencec. c. 40001963200AlatyUSSR Academy of Sciencec. c. 40001965200Taisetsu MountainsILTSc. 1730196624Besengi GlacierUSSR Academy of Sciencec. 27001966150Rongbuk GlacierIGSNRR5400196612Abramov GlacierCAHM, USSRc. 44001972110Abramov Glacierc. 4400197350Abramov Glacierc. 44001974106Pamir MountainsCAHM, USSRc. c. 30001974137Obruchev Glacier, Polar UralsAARIc. c. 600197487Obruchev Glacier, Polar UralsAARIc. c. 600197464North Pole 19AARIVariousc. 5197434North Pole 19AARIVariousc. 10197411Vavilov Ice Cap1975, 1976150-560 (6 holes)Vavilov Domec. c. 7801978450Vavilov Domec. c. 7801978459Akademiay Nayk7001986-1987560, 761Elbrus, Caucasus4100198772, 72Guliya Ice Cap, China62001992308Windy Dome, Franz Josef Land500199736, 315Belukha, AltaiResearch Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto, Japan44992003171Belukha, Altai (1)Ice Memory Project (University of Grenoble Alpes Foundation)<45062018160 Belukha, Altai (2)Ice Memory Project (University of Grenoble Alpes Foundation)<45062018106 Elbrus, Caucasus (1)Ice Memory Project (University of Grenoble Alpes Foundation)c. 51002018150 Elbrus, Caucasus (2)Ice Memory Project (University of Grenoble Alpes Foundation)c. 51002018120

Southeast Asia CoreInstitution or projectCoordsAltitude (metres)Drill datesDepth (metres)SourcesMeren AAUENGc. 447019729Meren BAUENGc. 4523197210Meren DAUENGc. 4365197210Meren EAUENGc. 4417197210Meren XAUENGc. 4595197210Carstensz KAUENGc. 44951973c. 10Carstensz LAUENGc. 45361973c. 10Carstensz MAUENGc. 45951974c. 10

Europe

Alps